Google Rolls Out New Fees for Developers to Comply with EU Digital Markets Act
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Google introducing 2 new fees for developers to comply with EU's Digital Markets Act acquisition fee (10% for IAPs, 5% for subs) and ongoing services fee (17% for IAPs, 7% for subs)
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Fees aim to reflect value Play Store provides developers beyond payment processing, like security, parental controls, fraud prevention
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Developers can opt out of ongoing services fee after 2 years if users consent, but will lose those services
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Fees apply to new External Offers program allowing devs to lead users outside Play Store to promote offers
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Separately, Google launched 2 programs for alternative in-app billing systems to comply with DMA